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Leg Jewelry for a Woman
Composed of metal beads strung on leather cords. At the time when this object was dispatched to Stuttgart, in Herero society it was most probably considered among the most highly valued personal possessions for a woman. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.
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Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Herero
- Object type
- Gamasche
- Dimensions
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Length: 39.5 cm
Width: 24 cm - Material/Technique
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Iron, Leather
Forged, cut, Cord, threaded, bound, bound together
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 037019
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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around 1900 or earlier
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Namibia
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Change of physical control
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when
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1904
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- Provenance
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Albert Hoffa was himself born in Richmond (South Africa). Even after moving to Germany, he maintained contact with his family in South Africa, including his sister Harriet. The objects from "German South-West Africa" may have been acquired in part through these contacts, but most were probably acquired through his friend Dr. Anton Lübbert (as in the case of Hoffa's brother-in-law Ferdinand Bang). Lübbert also procured the four "Benin bronzes" contained in the collection from the previous owner Adolph Heemke from Geestemünde. Heemke himself was a merchant in West Africa.
Text: Christoph Rippe.
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- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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